Clover Needlecraft
Offering the highest quality sewing, quilting, knitting, crocheting, needleart, beading and craft supplies. Company Overview Clover brings you the best in quality and value for all your craft projects. Manufacturer of premium Sewing, Quilting, Knitting, Crocheting, Needleart, Beading, and Craft Supplies.
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California Dreaming—Bag Makeover by Nancy Zieman
I’m delighted to be the guest blogger in this third installment of Clover’s Bag Makeovers Series. Throughout the month of May, we’ve been sharing the latest bag making techniques and notions. Plus I’ve been sharing my favorite tips for quick and easy bag-sewing methods along with the inside scoop on how I give my bags the couture-look. Clover and I introduced the Trace ‘n Create Bag Templates—the California Collection in 2009. With the two templates that are included in the package, there are six style options. The bag featured below…
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Trace ‘n Create Bag Templates City Bag Collection Portfolio Plus Bag Makeover Guest Blog Posting by Nancy Zieman
Shopping online for handbags, a bag decked out with hardware trim caught my eye—so did the price, $1300. So when Clover asked me to be a guest blogger for their Clover’s Bag Makeovers Series, I knew we had the perfect inspiration for the second blog posting. Clover and I introduced theTrace ‘n Create Bag Templates—City Bag Collection in 2008. With the two templates that are included in the package, there are six style options. The bag featured below is the Portfolio Plus Bag style B. It’s a classic bag that’s a…
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Sewing with My Daughter-In-Law and Granddaughters
Melanie is a nurse and helps her family out by taking 12hr shifts on the weekends…Sat/ Sun or Sun/Mon. We try to visit my son and his family every other weekend. So far we seem to visit on the Saturday that Melanie works. My other boys and their wives live in the Seattle area too so our visits are often filled with family gatherings. In order for Mel and me to get good solid sewing time together…I need to be there during the week. So I pack up my “office”…
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Getting Started with Hairpin Lace
I have been having so much fun working with Clover’s Hairpin Lace Tool I have 4 projects going at the same time. Each time I start to research the lace technique I come across a new pattern that I just have to try. Several sites linked Hairpin Lace with Maltese Lace but I found it was only a small part of what is classified as Maltese Lace and is linked with broomstick lace (another blog bit later).
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10 Bag Makeover Tips from Nancy Zieman
Featuring Trace ‘n Create Bag Template “Town & Country Collection” Metro Bag Guest Blog Posting by Nancy Zieman I’m excited to be the guest blogger in the first of Clover’s Bag Makeovers Series. Throughout the month of May, we’ll be sharing the latest bag making techniques and notions. Plus I’ll be sharing my favorite tips for quick and easy bag-sewing methods along with the inside scoop on how I give my bags the couture-look.
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Gift giving with the Basket Frames
We always think of ways to use our basket frames…then the gift basket idea came to mind. Here we made a beautiful gift set perfect for friends, co-workers, siblings, and parents! Check out what we’ve created!
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On the Road Quilting Retreat
Last week my sewing room went on the road! One of my most favorite activities is attending my Quilt Group’s retreat. This was our 24thretreat together, we started retreats in1986. Destination is Ocean Shores, Washington. One of our members has a home there and most of us arrive by Wednesday afternoon.
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Baskets made with Ribbons and Raffia
Organization basket ideas! One great way to use the Basket Frames is for storage. So this week, we will be creating baskets to store our craft supplies and tools to organize our craft table. Let’s use ribbons and raffia with our Basket Frames to create our baskets. A bucketful of ribbons and raffia’s! Beautiful and vibrant colors! We alternate different colors of raffia to give this Large Square Basket interest. Oval Basket (Large): Made with red ribbon with a touch of green ribbon on the rim. Oval Basket (Small) and…
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Quilt Retreat & Tunisian Techniques
My neighbor’s mare dropped a foal about 4 days ago and I have been trying to get a picture of the baby all morning but mama is still very protective and continues to put herself between my camera and the baby. Spring is without a doubt here….on drives down into the valley there are new lambs frolicking in the pastures…new life is everywhere! I was blessed with a 4 day quilt retreat with my quilt group, Laid Back Ladies of the Block, and have returned refreshed and encouraged to spend…
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Baskets Made with Fabric
Quilter’s and Sewers make your fabric stash useful! Do you need to make a dent in your fabric stash? Why not make them useful by making hand-made baskets? It’s easy and they’re a lot of fun to make. We’ll show today how you can transform your stashed fabrics to fabulous hand-made baskets.